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Mice Watching “Touch of Evil” Teach Scientists About the Mind’s Eye
By tracking mice neurons, scientists hope to understand consciousness
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Did Rembrandt Have Help With His Most Famous Paintings?
A new study suggests the old master also knew his optics
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No, China’s Tiangong-1 Will Not “Rain Molten Metal Down Onto Earth”
It’s not spiraling out of control, and even if it was, it wouldn’t enter the atmosphere until 2017
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Researchers Travel to the Amazon to Find Out if Musical Taste is Hardwired
Members of the Tsimane tribe showed no preference between consonant and dissonate tones, meaning Western music is probably not biologically based
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Breathtaking New Images Capture Failed Stars and Planet-Sized Objects Inside the Orion Nebula
It’s the deepest look into the nebula ever seen before
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The Secret Life of Urban Hedgehogs
Though city-dwelling hedgehogs have adapted to metropolitan life, some need a little help to thrive
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The Code That Sent Apollo 11 to the Moon Just Resurfaced Online and Is Chock-Full of Jokes
Published on GitHub, the array of in-jokes, pop culture and Shakespeare asides in the comments on the code show the human side of the project
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Journey to the Center of Earth
Mission to Mariana Trench Records Dozens of Crazy Deep Sea Creatures
The Okeanos Explorer has spent three months mapping the seafloor and recording deep sea life in the ocean’s depths
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Self-Lubricating Swordfish Secrete Oil to Swim Faster
Greased lightning, go greased lightning
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What Do Goats, Puppies and Horses Have in Common?
Goats communicate with humans using eye contact, according to a new study
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Juno Will Eventually Go Up in Flames to Protect Theoretical Alien Life
Juno, we hardly knew you
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New Study Calls the Reliability of Brain Scan Research Into Question
Three million analyses point to a problem with fMRI brain activity studies
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Hong Kong Beaches Are Swamped With Trash, and No One Knows Why
The piles of rubbish could be transported by ocean currents or recent floods
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Check Out the Best Illusions of 2016
Baffle your brain with these contest-winning mind-benders
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Melting Arctic Ice Might Mean Faster Internet for Some
The dwindling ice has an unexpected benefit: more underwater cables
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This Is What Jupiter Sounds Like
Listen as Juno bursts into the gas giant’s magnetosphere
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Climate Change Could Devastate Penguin Populations by Century’s End
Loss of ice and rising sea temperatures could impact 60 percent of the Adelie penguin colonies in Antarctica
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Catch the Solar System’s Best Light Show With New Images of Jupiter’s Auroras
Jupiter’s Auroras Are the Best Light Show in the Solar System
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